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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Jul 28, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Article II of the U.S. Constitution gives the President the power to grant pardons. Does this power have limits? Or did the founders give the the President an untouchable "get-out-of-jail-free" card? Does Congress get a say? And what purpose to pardons serve anyway? Today's guest lecturer is Andrew Rudalevige, Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of Goverment at Bowdoin College.
Released:
Jul 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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